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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kantata PSA

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kantata Cloud (formerly Mavenlink + Kimble) provides project management and collaboration software for small to mid-sized professional services companies. Features include resource management, project dependencies, time and expense tracking, file sharing, versatile user permissions, private messaging, planning and reporting.N/A

    Pigment

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/APigment is an enterprise-grade business planning platform that provides users with a 360° view of the business, updates its financial models in real-time, and allows users to run what-if scenarios at the click of a button. Pigment aims to enable FP&A and revenue teams to improve cross-functional collaboration, increase internal efficiency, and align financial and operational plans, all while scaling reporting and data management.N/A
    Pricing
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Editions & Modules
    Premier
    Contact Sales Team
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales Team
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Considered Both Products
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    No answer on this topic
    Pigment
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Kantata PSAPigment
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.7
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Kantata PSA and Pigment
    Feature
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Pigment
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Small Businesses
    Autotask PSA
    Score7.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (50 ratings)
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kantata PSAPigment
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It is appropriate and even exceeds expectations 90% of the time. It makes project tracking very easy and visually accessible for most cases. The only occasion where Mavenlink came slightly short was for a special project that required more interaction options among project members. I am certain there are ways to work around that issue, but we did not find them.
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    Planning, financials, and even sales tracking are greatly helpful for project planning. This makes product planning easy; you can simply see what the industry is demanding and what should be produced more in coming quarters. If you have really huge data, then this sometimes crashes.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • With Mavenlink when starting to assign tasks to people, set deadlines and milestones, and add files to our projects we can look at it all from a variety of perspectives, including a task tracker view and a Gantt chart view
    • Through Mavenlink each project also includes an activity stream where we can view all project details as they come up, as well as an activity feed for all the projects it is linked to.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pigment
    • Helping organizations assess the impacts of various business decisions effectively​
    • Seamlessly integrates with multiple data sources
    • Collaboration with other teams and teammates
    Read full review
    Cons
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • The Gantt chart does not allow for baselines to be stored
    • There is no means to upload an excel task tracker and build a plan using an upload
    • The schedule does not allow for planning of holidays
    • The status report functionality needs to be improved
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pigment
    • Its not that stable, need some improvements in stability of the product. Gets crashed sometimes
    • There is learning curv for script as pigment have its own logic things
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Although the company I currently work for does not use the product I have recommended that we do switch to Mavenlink. We will be opening some new sites internationally this year and I can see that Mavenlink would be a great product for us to use
    Read full review
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    I think Kantata is one of the most robust and best project management tools out there for an organization like ours. However, some of our staff feel like it isn't as user-friendly as it could be. From a Director point of view or a Project Manager point of view, Kantata is exceptional. From the point of view of a task-doer, it could be more visually appealing. Also, the mobile version isn't great.
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    Overall most of Pigment is self-service and meant to be used by the business users. It usually doesn't require reaching out to a technical or IT resource to make changes to reports or the models we have setup.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Mavenlink gives advance notice for system upgrades, and they're not during our business day. Mavenlink has always been available when we needed it.
    Read full review
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Very good integration with Google apps. Some complexity is called however in the synchronization between Google Tasks and Maven links tasks. This can sometimes lead to duplicate records in Google Tasks. It has been dissolvable that becomes cumbersome if not properly curated.
    Read full review
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Kantata support is fantastic! Any issues that arise are always handled quickly and efficiently. Granted, we haven't had many issues to report. Typically, my team tends to only reach out to support if they need assistance remembering how to do something or asking about an improvement. We had Kantata build an integration when we first started using the software, and the support team worked hard to listen and improve the integration.
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We prepared questions in advance, and our trainer was an expert in what Mavenlink was and wasn't able to do. We were able to have multiple people trained at once.
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    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    The training was very well-organized. We were able to send questions in advance so the instructor knew what to cover, and the brought up related topics to maximize the usefulness of what they were teaching us.
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    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Dedicate as much internal time to the implementation effort as possible, even if you're using a 3rd party or Mavenlink services. Your team knows your processes the best
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    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We have since switched over to JIRA and let me tell you, it was probably the best decision we have made as a company. We chose Mavenlink based on promises from the sales team about future roadmap work that really never happened. We thought Mavenlink would easily integrate with our billing software but we couldn't have been more wrong. We ended up never utilizing Mavenlink invoices as they don't even allow you to fully customize your invoices that go out to clients!
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    Pigment has a lot of the same self-service capabilities but offers a more robust infrastructure to plan and report on more than just the financial data. It allows for more extended planning and the reporting and dashboard capabilities are very strong.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It's very easy to add users and contractors into Mavenlink. There's also an option that let's you manage access for teams in multiple locations.
    Read full review
    Pigment
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • Manvenlink is perfect for showing expenses and income over time and across people.
    • Manvenlink is adaptable for the integration and automation of the processes of each of our projects in order to optimize resources and improve operational performance.
    • Mavenlink allows us to determine if our projects are profitable or not, as well as save significant time by automating components such as recurring tasks and having templates, among other things.
    • Manvenlink is advantageous for our operations due to its simple portfolio management of our projects: manage several projects at once and receive a complete perspective of the development of each one at a glance.
    • Manvenlink kindly provides us with robust discussion threads, access restrictions, and built-in document management, allowing us to contextualize communications.
    Incentivized
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    Pigment
    • Capacity to anticipate better (forecasting accuracy improved)
    • Single source of truth for internal and external financial KPIs
    • Agility to compare scenarios and making decisions based on that
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Kantata PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time project status tracking.Screenshot of visualizations that help track resources with confidence.Screenshot of at a glance capacity and staffing monitoring.Screenshot of financials and project margin monitoring.Screenshot of revenue tracking, to scale a business with confidence.